Browse Items (895 total)

retiredratplateb.jpg
1900? Faience plate 8" in diameter showing three scenes depicting "Le Rat qui s'est Retiré du Monde." Numbered "8." A mark on the back seems to combine the letters "M" and "C" and says "déposé Fables Terre de Fer." $45 from Daria Edwards, NY, Feb.,…

CM1ORcropped600.jpg
1900? Set of 12 monochrome -- brown against a cream background -- Creil Montereau plates. Each numbered plate offers an application or human occurrence of La Fontaine's fables. €100 from assietteparlante21 through Ebay, Sept. '21.

This set…

CMLB2ServantsDetailCropped700.jpg
1890? Nine Creil & Montereau plates. Lebeuf Milliet (Mujjet?). Porcelaine Opaque. Illustrating named fables of La Fontaine. €160 from Stéphane Lavalley, Feb., '22.

I think I recognize these illustrations of La Fontaine, particularly TH and…

DSDentellePlateRsized.jpg
1920? Brown and white plate 9" in diameter with an open-dentelle fringe showing DS at its center.

This plate is marked by its open dentelles around the outer rim, with an arched opening in each dentelle. Inside at the center is a recognizable…

DulevoFSwithoutFlashCropped650.jpg
1980? Russian plate almost 8" in diameter presenting FS. "Dulero IS 5." "7 87." $60 from Evgeny Ponomar, Russia, Sept., '18.

The design on this lovely plate with gold rim and four mushroom designs stresses the stork's long neck. The fox has…

EpinalFC2.jpg
1980? Six plates of La Fontaine's fables using images of Épinal de Pellerin. $36 from Mrs. Jack B. Frymire of Elkhorn, WI, through eBay, Sept., '05. These plates measure just over 8" in diameter.The Épinal coloring is typically brilliant! The six…

Epinal9inchplateFC2.jpg
1980?A plate of La Fontaine's FC using an images by Épinal de Pellerin. £4.99 from Mr. and Mrs. C. Protheroe, Cwmbran, Gwent, UK, through eBay, Oct., '05. This plate measures just over 9" in diameter.It lacks the green stripe around the edge of the…

LaFontainePlateReducedResized.jpg
1980? Large (11¾" diameter) single plate with a banner on its face "Fables de La Fontaine." Brown, blue, and green. €15 from "MK" at St. Ouen, June, '19.

This encounter at the St. Ouen flea market was unusual. I asked about fable books and…

FNvlFGresized.jpg
1920? Eleven plates -- including three extras -- illustrating fables of La Fontaine. 7½" white plate bordered in a green floral pattern with a central design in two or three of four colors: green, blue, brown, and tan. The back gives the fable title…

tmcm Franklin small plate TMCM3.jpg
1982 Franklin Porcelain miniature plate. The Best Loved Fairy Tales: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. Carol Lawson Signature Edition. A Limited Edition of Fine Bone China. #41 of 50 designs. $7.95 from Simply Wonderful Gifts, Bend, OR, through…
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2